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Peace X Peace: Raising women’s voices, building cultures of peace

December 19, 2012 Renee Shur Human Rights, International, Media, Violence, War, Women Leave a comment

Switch off MSNBC. Toss the New York Times in the recycling bin and suppress the temptation to sample the blogs. If you crave more

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Petraeus: Hero is a dangerous word

November 23, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Congress, Foreign Policy, Government, Human Rights, International, Military, Privacy/surveillance, Public safety, War Leave a comment

The country was distraught; the world was shocked when it heard that man with no flaws and impeccable integrity was found to have been

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No apologies in the so-called “apology tour”

October 25, 2012 Nicole Lopez 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Foreign Policy, Ideas, International, Obama, War Leave a comment

In tonight’s third 2012 Presidential debate, Governor Romney once again referred to President Obama’s diplomatic tour in Spring 2009 as an “apology tour.” He

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Romney /Ryan and America’s veterans: Does support go both ways?

August 29, 2012 Mike Davis 2012 Election, Military, Obama, Politics, War Leave a comment

A Gallup poll indicates that America’s male veterans lean towards the Romney/Ryan ticket at a 58% to 34% margin. The reasons are uncertain, but

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Where’s Matt? Dancing with Steichen and Mead

August 3, 2012 Renee Shur Ideas, International, Literature/Arts/Film, Media, War, Women One comment

A jolt of joy. Don’t you think we all need a bit of it right now? I know I’ve been feeling the need  lately

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Picasso’s Guernica and the horrors of war: 75 years later

July 19, 2012 Madonna Gauding Foreign Policy, Military, War Leave a comment

War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the

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Dan Rather – so much more professional than Mike Wallace

May 31, 2012 Arthur Lieber Consumer issues, Corporations, Courts, Human Rights, Ideas, International, Media, Privacy/surveillance, War Leave a comment

On April 7, 2012, Mike Wallace of CBS News and 60 Minutes passed away. It’s hard to imagine any other journalist/entertainer who received a

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Why protest NATO?

May 29, 2012 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Foreign Policy, War Leave a comment

“The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not a benevolent organization. NATO is not about the North Atlantic and it’s not about our collective defense.

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When reason comes from the mainstream media, it means so much more

May 28, 2012 Arthur Lieber Economy, Foreign Policy, Media, Obama, Religion in Politics, War Leave a comment

An internal argument among progressives is whether MSNBC is an honest, objective source of broadcast news or whether it is just a liberal foil

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Viet-ghanistan?

May 23, 2012 Arthur Lieber Foreign Policy, History, Obama, War Leave a comment

It may be too strong an adage to say the definition of insanity is to continue to do the same things with the expectation

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